Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 845-852 , November 2009

Reduced serum hepcidin levels in patients with chronic hepatitis C

  • Domenico Girelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +39 045 8124410; fax: +39 045 8027473 (D. Girelli), tel./fax: +39 045 8124205 (G. Fattovich).
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  • Michela Pasino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    • Department of Anesthesiological and Surgical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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  • Julia B. Goodnough

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Elizabeta Nemeth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Maria Guido

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Sciences & Special Therapies, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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  • Annalisa Castagna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
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  • Fabiana Busti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
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  • Natascia Campostrini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
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  • Nicola Martinelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
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  • Italo Vantini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical and Surgical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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  • Roberto Corrocher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
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  • Tomas Ganz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Giovanna Fattovich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiological and Surgical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +39 045 8124410; fax: +39 045 8027473 (D. Girelli), tel./fax: +39 045 8124205 (G. Fattovich).

Received 24 March 2009 ,Revised 17 June 2009 ,Accepted 21 June 2009.

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 This study was funded by NIH (Grant Nos. DK065029 to T.G., K01 DK075378 to E.N., and F30 DK082151 to J.G.). T.G. and E.N. are co-founders and officers of Intrinsic Life Sciences, LLC. The other authors declared that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding from industries or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(09)00520-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.06.027

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 845-852 , November 2009